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“Bundesrat” and “Bundesrats” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,645
“Bundesrat” frequency rank
#47,290
“Bundesrats” frequency rank
53935
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bundesrat Bundesrats
Definition Verfassungsorgan, Vertretung der Bundesländer (kein Plural) Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bundesrat

Where the eye mixes Bundesrat and Bundesrats

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. Bundesrat runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against Bundesrats's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
Bundesrat
10 ch
Bundesrats

Look-alike desk: Bundesrat vs Bundesrats

A purely visual mix-up. Bundesrat ([ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt]) and Bundesrats ([ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt͡s]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Bundesrat” sits inside “Bundesrats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bundesrat is recorded at frequency rank #6,645, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt]. Bundesrats is at rank #47,290, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt͡s].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 53935, this pair ranks #1,038,510 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Bundesrat vs Bundesrats

Shared letters: abdenrstu. Private to "Bundesrat": -. Private to "Bundesrats": -.

"Bundesrat" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "Bundesrats" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bundesrat ← bbundesrat · bnudesrat · budnesrat · bunddesrat · bundersat · bundesart · bundesratt · bundesrrat
  • Bundesrats ← bbundesrats · bnudesrats · budnesrats · bunddesrats · bundersats · bundesarts · bundesrast · bundesratss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Bundesrat" and "Bundesrats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt] versus [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt͡s]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Bundesrat" or "Bundesrats" show up more?
"Bundesrat" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,645 in our German list, against #47,290 for "Bundesrats". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Bundesrat" and "Bundesrats" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bundesrat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bundesrats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,038,510 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bundesrat" and "Bundesrats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bundesamts vs Bundesrats". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,038,510 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list